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description: "Reference for Nitric's v0 Python library - Store a new secret value."
---

# Python - secret.put()

Store a new secret value, creating a new [version](./secret-version) to store the value.

```python
from nitric.resources import secret
from nitric.application import Nitric

keyRef = secret('apiKey').allow('putting')

await keyRef.put(b"6c3199a3-094e-4797-bfc9-9ee2a7839286")

Nitric.run()
```

## Parameters

<Properties>
  <Property name="secret" required type="string | bytes">
    The new secret value to store in the secrets manager.
  </Property>
</Properties>

## Notes

A new secret version is always created when calling `put()`, the versions will automatically be provided a unique id. This behavior is dependent on the underlying secrets manager.

## Examples

### Store a new secret value

```python
from nitric.resources import secret
from nitric.application import Nitric

keyRef = secret('apiKey').allow('putting')

await keyRef.put(b"6c3199a3-094e-4797-bfc9-9ee2a7839286")

Nitric.run()
```

### Get the id of a new secret version

Calling `put()` returns a promise to a reference to the new secret version. Storing the ID of the new version can be useful if you need to retrieve that specific value again in future using [version.access()](./secret-version-access)

```python
from nitric.resources import secret
from nitric.application import Nitric

key_ref = secret('apiKey').allow('putting')

await key_ref.put(b"6c3199a3-094e-4797-bfc9-9ee2a7839286")

versionId = key_ref.version

Nitric.run()
```
